In the last week, we lost the great Adam West, who originated the role of Batman on television.Anyone who has seen an episode of the series that ran during the 1960’s would be reminded of the show if they saw this tattoo:I saw this yesterday on Broad Street in lower Manhattan, on…

I met Angela last month near Bowling Green in lower Manhattan.She has this tattoo on her arm, and, well, I just had to ask about it:Angela explained that this is based on the web comic Angry Little Robot. She wanted to send me a link to the page, but the site is gone. However, she did find her favorite strip:Angela told me:”I got the tattoo on the one year anniversary of dating my now-husband after getting borderline too drunk to tattoo. My other tattoos are for the most part memorials, so I wanted …

Seeing as Black History Month is winding down, and I still have some leftover 2015 photos to share, this tattoo seems appropriate as February comes to a close:I spotted this tattoo of Huey Freeman, from the comic strip The Boondocks, on the arm of Netty, at last June’s Urban Tattoo Convention in Brooklyn.What’s remarkable about this tattoo is that it’s not all tattoo. Netty explained that she had the tattoo inked around her birthmark. Look again:Huey’s hair is mostly birthmark. She credited…

The artist didn’t understand why I wanted it “upside-down”. Uhhhh….’cause it’s for ME! via trollop23.livejournal.com I hadn’t seen the cover of Incredible Hulk #49 before. Love to see the nerdy mash-up tattoos! Thanks to trollop23 for sending in via email! UPDATE: I’ve been informed that this tattoo was inked by Scott Veldhoen at Eternal Image Tattoos in Alberta, Canada. Nice work, Scott! (Lots of good stuff on his site, especially this nerdy gem.)